Global Forest Fragmentation
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Global Forest Fragmentation
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Author : Vivek Karwande
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Global Forest Fragmentation written by Vivek Karwande and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Forest ecology categories.
Forest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies. This book provides a cutting edge review of the multi-disciplinary sciences related to studies of global forest fragmentation. It specifically addresses cross-cutting themes from both an ecological and a social sciences perspective. The ultimate goal of Global Forest Fragmentation is to provide a detailed scientific base to support future forest landscape management and planning to meet global environmental and societal needs. Because human land uses tend to expand over time, forests that share a high proportion of their borders with anthropogenic uses are at higher risk of further degradation than forests that share a high proportion of their borders with non-forest, natural land cover (e.g., wetland). Using 1-km advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) satellite-based land cover, we present a method to separate forest fragmentation into natural and anthropogenic components, and report results for all inhabited continents summarized by World Wildlife Fund biomes.
Global Forest Fragmentation
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Author : Chris J. Kettle
language : en
Publisher: Cabi
Release Date : 2014
Global Forest Fragmentation written by Chris J. Kettle and has been published by Cabi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Science categories.
This book with 10 chapters (following an Introduction) covers the major questions of forest fragmentation as general questions affecting the world's forest biodiversity, ecosystem function and ecosystem services. These are not merely case studies from particular places in the world, confirming what we already know. Rather, these are carefully selected topics that provide a broad overview of the major questions confronting forest ecologists, conservation biologists and environmental policy makers. Among the key themes throughout the book are whether land sharing or land intensification represents a better way to protect biodiversity, if subsidies from carbon sequestration programmes such as REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) can provide a permanent solution to forest conservation and how forest fragments will be able to persist during a changing climate. An additional topic is the extent to which government policies can reverse the effects of forest fragmentation and rebuild the forest systems that can protect biodiversity. As such, this book will make excellent reading for graduate students seeking to understand the general topic of forest fragmentation and to discern which are the major questions of current concern. Furthermore, this will provide a valuable reference for environmental policy makers, while conservation biologists and ecologists can use these essays to develop a cutting-edge research agenda.
Forest Landscapes And Global Change
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Author : João C. Azevedo
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-07-11
Forest Landscapes And Global Change written by João C. Azevedo and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-11 with Science categories.
Climate change, urban sprawl, abandonment of agriculture, intensification of forestry and agriculture, changes in energy generation and use, expansion of infrastructure networks, habitat destruction and degradation, and other drivers of change occur at increasing rates. They affect patterns and processes in forest landscapes, and modify ecosystem services derived from those ecosystems. Consequently, rapidly changing landscapes present many new challenges to scientists and managers. While it is not uncommon to encounter the terms “global change” and “landscape” together in the ecological literature, a global analyses of drivers of change in forest landscapes, and their ecological consequences have not been addressed adequately. That is the goal of this volume: an exploration of the state of knowledge of global changes in forested landscapes with emphasis on causes and effects, and challenges faced by researchers and land managers. Initial chapters identify and describe major agents of landscape change: climate, fire, and human activities. The next series of chapters address implications of changes on ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation and carbon flux. A chapter that describes methodologies of detecting and monitoring landscape changes is presented followed by chapter that highlights the many challenges forest landscape managers face amidst of global change. Finally, we present a summary and a synthesis of the main points presented in the book. Each chapter will contain the individual research experiences of chapter authors, augmented by review and synthesis of global scientific literature on relevant topics, as well as critical input from multiple peer reviewers.
Pilot Analysis Of Global Ecosystems
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Author : Emily Matthews
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Pilot Analysis Of Global Ecosystems written by Emily Matthews and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business & Economics categories.
The Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems (PAGE) compares information on a global scale about the condition of five major classes of ecosystem. This study analyzes qualitative and quantitative information and develops selected indicators of the condition of the world's forest ecosystems.
Global Forest Fragmentation
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Author : Chris J Kettle
language : en
Publisher: CABI
Release Date : 2014-09-12
Global Forest Fragmentation written by Chris J Kettle and has been published by CABI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-12 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Forest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies. This book provides a cutting edge review of the multi-disciplinary sciences related to studies of global forest fragmentation. It specifically addresses cross-cutting themes from both an ecological and a social sciences perspective. The ultimate goal of Global Forest Fragmentation is to provide a detailed scientific base to support future forest landscape management and planning to meet global environmental and societal needs.
Lessons From Amazonia
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Author : Richard O. Bierregaard
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2001-12-11
Lessons From Amazonia written by Richard O. Bierregaard and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-11 with Science categories.
Deforestation is occurring at an alarming rate in many parts of the world, causing destruction of natural habitat and fragmentation of what remains. Nowhere is this problem more pressing than in the Amazon rainforest, which is rapidly vanishing in the face of enormous pressure from humans to exploit it. This book presents the results of the longest-running and most comprehensive study of forest fragmentation ever undertaken, the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) in central Amazonia, the only experimental study of tropical forest fragmentation in which baseline data are available before isolation from continuous forest took place.A joint project of Brazil’s National Institute for Research in Amazonia and the U.S. Smithsonian Institution, the BDFFP has investigated the many effects that habitat fragmentation has on plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates. The book provides an overview of the BDFFP, reports on its case studies, looks at forest ecology and tree genetics, and considers what issues are involved in establishing conservation and management guidelines.
Tropical Forest Remnants
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Author : William F. Laurance
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1997-06-21
Tropical Forest Remnants written by William F. Laurance and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-06-21 with Nature categories.
We live in an increasingly fragmented world, with islands of natural habitat cast adrift in a sea of cleared, burned, logged, polluted, and otherwise altered lands. Nowhere are fragmentation and its devastating effects more evident than in the tropical forests. By the year 2000, more than half of these forests will have been cut, causing increased soil erosion, watershed destabilization, climate degradation, and extinction of as many as 600,000 species. Tropical Forest Remnants provides the best information available to help us understand, manage, and conserve the remaining fragments. Covering geographic areas from Southeast Asia and Australia to Madagascar and the New World, this volume summarizes what is known about the ecology, management, restoration, socioeconomics, and conservation of fragmented forests. Thirty-three papers present results of recent research as well as updates from decades-long projects in progress. Two final chapters synthesize the state of research on tropical forest fragmentation and identify key priorities for future work.
Saving The World S Deciduous Forests
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Author : Robert A. Askins
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-25
Saving The World S Deciduous Forests written by Robert A. Askins and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-25 with Nature categories.
Deciduous forests have been remarkably resilient throughout their history, recovering from major shifts in climate and surviving periods of massive deforestation. But today the world’s great forests confront more ominous threats than ever before. This visionary book is the first to examine forests consisting of oaks, maples, hickories, beeches, chestnuts, birches and ecologically similar animals and plants on three continents—East Asia, Europe, and North America—to reveal their common origin back in time, the ecological patterns they share, and the approaches to conservation that have been attempted on their behalf. Although these forests face common problems, threats due to human activities vary. Different land use and agricultural practices on the three continents, as well as different attitudes about what is worth preserving, have led to strikingly different approaches to forest conservation. Robert Askins explores the strengths and weaknesses of conservation efforts across the continents and concludes that the ideal strategy for the future will blend the best ideas from each.
Global Forest Resources
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Author : Alexander Smith Mather
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Global Forest Resources written by Alexander Smith Mather and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Forest conservation categories.
Global Forest Monitoring From Earth Observation
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Author : Frederic Achard
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2016-04-19
Global Forest Monitoring From Earth Observation written by Frederic Achard and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-19 with Nature categories.
Covering recent developments in satellite observation data undertaken for monitoring forest areas from global to national levels, this book highlights operational tools and systems for monitoring forest ecosystems. It also tackles the technical issues surrounding the ability to produce accurate and consistent estimates of forest area changes, which are needed to report greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use changes. Written by leading global experts in the field, this book offers a launch point for future advances in satellite-based monitoring of global forest resources. It gives readers a deeper understanding of monitoring methods and shows how state-of-art technologies may soon provide key data for creating more balanced policies.